Folks Of Interest RIP ... Tony "50Fraud" Miller

Tony Miller, I feel fortunate to have known you over the internet, respected the depth of your knowledge and abilities, and the love of the hobby we all enjoy.
May God comfort you and your family in this time of need.
Keith.

 

RIP.

 

Rest in Peace Sir. I hope you leave black marks on those pearly streets.

 

God speed. One look at his cars and you know he had the "gift". An innate ability to know what 'looks right' design wise!
Loved his cars.

 

RIP Tony. Condolences to his family.

 

Hey all - I'm Tony's stepson. Thank you all for the kind words about our Pops. He had a rare affinity for car design both large and small (he retired as VP of Design for Hot Wheels in 2003, after all), and was one those guys who seemed infinitely knowledgeable about anything car-related, and that was pre-Google!

For those of you in SoCal, we're early in the stages of planning a memorial service for him - preferably a show and/or possibly a cruise. Details to come later. If you have thoughts or maybe an ability to help coordinate (I live in the Midwest!), please reach out here or direct via email: dschwartz75@gmail.com.

 

So sorry to hear of the passing, I loved all the cars ( that I got to enjoy ) built by Tony

 

100% on all this. Hot Wheels design was a perfect marriage of his creativity in toys and passion for automobilia.

 

Condolences to his family and friends, sure enjoyed following his builds, really like the look of his '40 Convertible.

Bob

 

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Sad to hear, he was a the real deal. I loved all of his builds, attention to detail for days and everything so well thought out. Rest in peace Tony.

 

RIP

 

Tony Had Taste!

 

So sad.

 

Sorry to hear this.

 

Sad news. RIP Tony.

 

RIP Tony. I dug his chopped 50 and watching the build on here. The video Hemi32 posted happened to be one of the ones I watched before going to the Petersen back in February to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

 

Condolences, sorry to hear. I love his 55 Victoria with 56 roof.

 

It was a '56 trimmed out as a '55.

 

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sorry, I always thought it was a 55 with a 56 roof. Thanks.

 

Tony was a cool guy. One of the original members of the Anti-Donut, breakfast group. I loved his Roadster, #4 and the Pickup he towed it with. We talked about Hot wheels all the time.
RIP Tony, you will be missed....

 

I always admired Tony's work whenever he'd post. There are precious few people in custom cars who really understand the design elements and he certainly did. His taste was impeccable. Deepest condolences to his friends and loves ones.

 

Always one of the guys where if he spoke up....you listened! Great asset to the community! RIP, sir!

 

R.I.P. my condolences to the family

 

RIP Tony.

 

Very sad news.

 

NOTE: Tony's 1950.5 Ford Victoria (aka "50FRAUD") is not black ... it's actually a very dark green.

 

And I truly do appreciate you setting me straight on that, loved the evolution of that build!
Thanks from Dennis.

 

He told good stories from his past… Rest In Paradise friend…